Hi Niall, Ronald, All,
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
On 23 Mar 2019, at 3:12, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
These are the land deeds of the Internet.
And they have long since been accepted as such by virtually everyone.
Precisely.
I believe that a condition for their continued acceptance as such
is that the RIPE NCC avoid amalgamating quasi-judicial functions
to its "land-registry" function.
In my country, we have an agency called the Registry of Deeds,
which performs a land-registry function and acts as an agency of
record. I expect that most other countries have each their own
agency with similar functions. I am not aware of any which also
has a judicial or disciplinary function.
I'm not sure on how "Registries of Deeds/Land" work in different
countries, but usually those Registries are not an Association which has
(all?) its "customers" as members/shareholders.
So, while i think i understand why some people choose to use this analogy,
RIPE NCC, as a registry has that different characteristic, apart from
having also a distribution function/role (which land registries don't
have).
And while a member can feel it shouldn't be part of the same
org/company/association than (bad?) actors, it doesn't feel right that it
is that said member that should quit his/her membership.
Also, i have read allegations about a "monopoly" regarding the service
region. Afaik, there is a transfer market which contradicts the concept of
said "monopoly" (i.e. can't get more addresses from the RIR, then go to
the market).
Best regards,
Niall O'Reilly
Great to hear from you Niall!
Best Regards,
Carlos
